Guests are able to give real time feedback through a proprietary tool called zSurvey™. Over 30% of guests opt-in to zSurvey without incentive where traditional printed receipt methods yield less than 1%.

Through another proprietary tool, zData™, Ziosk® provides daily, weekly and monthly reports on sales, server performance and guest satisfaction to help you run your business.

But what does it cost? The Ziosk platform is a revenue center, not a cost center for the restaurant and our offering is “less than free.”

*Ziosk offers several PPA increasing features for restaurants to offer their guests including the ability to order drinks, appetizers, entrees and desserts as well as the option to purchase premium content. Restaurants that enable all these features can see PPA increases of up to 10% for guests who utilize the functionality.

Based in Dallas, TX, Ziosk is the first entertainment, ordering and pay-at-the-table tablet touchscreen for the restaurant market. The technology, featuring a 7-inch Android OS touchscreen and credit card reader, resides on each table and enables the guests to see menu items, play games, view news, order food and beverages and ‘pay on demand’; all which gives guests control over their dining experience. With its interactive capabilities, Ziosk and its footprint have created the Ziosk Media Network, a digital media platform for partners to create engaging experiences at the point of purchase. Ziosk and the Ziosk Media Network are revolutionizing the experience and economics of dining.

Austen Mulinder brings more than 25 years of experience in managing global sales, marketing and operations. He most recently served as corporate vice president of Operator Channels at Microsoft and previously served as corporate vice president for the Communications Sector, where he led strategy, sales and marketing of Microsoft services and solutions to telecommunications, hosting, media and entertainment companies.

Before joining Microsoft, he served for six years as president and CEO of Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc., a wholly owned Fujitsu company. During his tenure there, Mulinder led the company's transformation into a leading retail technology solutions vendor.

Bill McNamaraChief Finance Officer

Bill McNamara has over18 years of experience in the disciplines of operations, finance, consulting, project management and accounting. He is an expert at designing and implementing strategies that grow revenue, market share and profitability, and is consistently successful at providing solutions that achieve operational efficiency and productivity throughout all aspects of an organization.

Before joining Ziosk, Bill was the Vice President of U.S. Sales Operations at SAP Americas. Bill has also held leadership positions in financial operations and consulting at PeopleSoft, Kraft Foods and Arthur Andersen.

Dave MillerPartner

Dave Miller brings more than 30 years of business experience and restaurant industry relationships to Ziosk. As founder of JTECH Communications, he created and sold the first guest paging system for the restaurant industry. Today, JTECH pagers are used in more than 60,000 locations worldwide and found in the hands of an estimated two million consumers on any given weekend.

Before founding JTECH, he was a successful restaurateur whose first restaurant was recognized by the New York Times as one of the top 10 in Florida. Well known and highly regarded in the restaurant industry, Dave is a sought‐after speaker with appearances at industry events. He has moderated at the National Restaurant Association for the past decade, where he originated and still leads the popular “Technology Tour.”

Dave graduated from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Doug WallaceChief of Operations

Doug Wallace is responsible for all operations beginning in the Ziosk supply chain, through systems deployment and monitoring, data collection and protection and contract management with customers. He was formerly at Fujitsu Transaction Solutions where he was responsible for the transaction and point of sale systems and operations. He and his team serviced 400 retail and banking clients with over 40,000 stores, many of which operated seven days a week, 24 hours per day. Doug has a BS in electronic engineering from the University of Nottingham

Jack BaumChairman & Co-Founder

Jack Baum is a co‐founder and chairman of the board of Ziosk and is recognized for his business expertise within both the restaurant and technology industries.

Jack has been involved with multiple start‐up companies including Dallas private equity firm, Sagebrook Technology Partners as the founding partner. Jack was also a founder of Ingenient Technologies.

Prior to Sagebrook in 1998, Jack spent 18 years in the restaurant and food service industries, founding Landlock Seafood, Newport's, Hampton's, Nickel City Grill as well as The Canyon Cafe Restaurant Group. In 1997, Canyon Cafe was selected as one of Nation's Restaurant News’ Hot Concepts. That same year Canyon Cafe was bought by a $1 billion public company.

Kevin MowryDirector of Engineering

Kevin Mowry is an expert in telecommunications and embedded systems and he holds four patents for work completed at Motorola. Kevin was instrumental in developing wireless infrastructure components and leading international telecommunications standards activities.

Kevin also led product management and marketing efforts for Texas Instruments’ (TI) OMAP family of wireless application processors, working closely with Nokia, Samsung, and LG to deploy new smartphone products into the mobile marketplace. At TI he introduced the industry’s first Nokia Series 60 reference design for smartphones and led several joint development efforts with Microsoft to create compelling platforms for handset manufacturers based on the latest processors.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Northwest Nazarene University in the state of Idaho and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Bhaveeni Parmar General Counsel

Bhaveeni Parmar is responsible for managing the overall legal strategy of the company. She brings more than 12 years experience in counseling entrepreneurs and technology companies on various legal matters. Bhaveeni was recently voted by her peers as one of D Magazine’s 2014 Best Lawyers in Dallas and recognized as a Rising Star in Intellectual Property Law by Law & Politics Magazine in 2007-2009, 2011, 2013 & 2014.

Prior to joining us, Bhaveeni ran a successful law practice focusing on intellectual property, technology transactions and social media compliance and was often called upon as a public speaker to present on such topics. She is currently a Council Member for the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Section and served as chair of its Diversity Committee for a number of years.

Bhaveeni earned her electrical engineering degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and her juris doctorate degree from University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly known as Franklin Pierce Law Center).

John RegalChief Strategy Officer

John Regal has a 20-year history of providing the visionary thinking and strategic leadership to create profitable businesses. Throughout his career, John has demonstrated he can market almost anything, from cereal to cell phones to pharmaceuticals.

Some of the brands John has launched include Prozac, Cranberry Almond Crunch Cereal, POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice and KajeetCell Phones for Kids. He’s also managed multi‐million dollar campaigns for established brands like Post Grape‐Nuts Cereal and Microsoft Windows. John’s secret to his success is identifying market trends ahead of the curve. He then develops products to fulfill these trends and brings them to market using an integrated marketing campaign with social media, PR, and experiential programs.

Raymond Howard is a co-founder of Ziosk who leads sales, marketing and operations for the restaurant and hospitality market. He has over 20 years of experience and has held leadership roles in sales and operations with a focus on creating and delivering differentiated technology products, services and integrated solutions. He is particularly skilled in developing aligned product, sales and delivery strategies as well as execution models to drive market adoption, capture strategic opportunities and increase market share.

Prior to founding Ziosk, Raymond spent 12 years in the wireless communications industry where he held leadership roles in sales and system engineering with GE, Ericsson, and Tyco Electronics.

He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from NC State University and an MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

Rebecca McGregorHead of Talent Management

Rebecca McGregor, SPHR (Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources), has over 20 years of HR experience in the industries of technology, hospitality, entertainment and travel. As Ziosk’s HR Leader, Rebecca is responsible for the full scope of HR strategy and execution initiatives that support the overall organization. She is also responsible for fostering Ziosk’s culture and enabling an HR environment that will scale with a rapid growth company full of passionate employees!

Before joining Ziosk, Rebecca was a Human Capital Consultant at Resources Global Professionals where she consulted for both public and privately held companies working on key HR programs and initiatives including talent acquisition and management, total reward program development, administration leadership development and employee engagement. Rebecca also held several key HR positions at Sabre, Inc. supporting multiple lines of business by providing HR consulting for over 10 acquisitions / outsourcing projects, both domestic and international. Rebecca started her HR career at Fox Sports Networks where the organization grew 350% over 4 years.

Shawn GentryChief Business Development Officer & Co-Founder

Shawn Gentry, leverages over 18 years of sales, marketing, and business development experience to lead Ziosk strategic sales and monetization strategies.

Prior to Ziosk, he was involved in two successful start-up ventures from concept to profitability in the medical surgical market. Throughout his career, Shawn has launched market-first technologies, managed dynamic teams and implemented revenue strategies to exceed revenue expectations. He also serves on several new technology and digital media panels with Digital Hollywood (Digital Out-of-Home Advertising Association), CES (consumer electronics show) and NRA (National Restaurant Association – Technology Forum).

Shawn holds a Bachelor of Science from Millsaps College and an MBA from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business.

Tim LeslieVP of Restaurant Operations

Tim has 25 years of professional experience leading restaurants and driving innovation, execution and delivery of solutions that generate positive guest counts, sales and profits.

More than 20 years of his experience has been with Brinker International, most recently as Research and Development Director. Tim developed and implemented sustainable, scalable operations solutions for both Chili¹s and On the Border restaurant brands. Tim has a passion for innovation and guest satisfaction. He has managed budgets and processes, direct reports with cross-functional skills and diverse backgrounds and relationships with restaurant teams.

Viren BalarChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Viren Balar is an expert in technology architecture and systems engineering with an extensive background in wireless, broadband, and digital signal processing technologies.

Prior to Ziosk’s formation, he led Texas Instruments’ 35‐person global Wireless Terminal Business Unit development team. In addition, Viren founded and ran TI’s Near Shore Design Center in Monterrey, Mexico managing 130 engineers and an R&D budget of $12 million. Consistently recognized as one of TI’s top engineers, he was a member of the elite TI Tech Ladder group, which is composed of less than 16% of the company’s engineering population. Viren acquired business and marketing experience while serving as founder and president of a data solutions company and operating a retail franchise.

Viren holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

While Ziosk is revolutionizing dining, there is also a company-wide commitment to give back to those around us. Our restaurant Clients feed hundreds of thousands of people each day, so at Ziosk, we wanted to help feed those less fortunate. The North Texas Food Bank prepares 130,000 meals a day; however, the need is 300,000 a day in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In March, the team from Ziosk spent a day volunteering at the North Texas Food Bank Headquarters and sorted 26,400 pounds of food to provide 22,000 meals to those in need.

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